Cat in a Bag

I've been busy with work stuff the past two days, but I've made a little progress on my Box Stitch afghan.  Made it all the way to the corner on one side!  I'm going to make it a rectangle, and keep going down the left.

So far I'm doing great with this pattern, but I think a lot of it has to do with the Vanna White yarn I've been using.

Then last night I went to change colors and found a cat in my yarn tote!  She likes to curl up on top of my project bags, but this was one of the few times she's crawled in and made a bed!  LOL

Progress on Box Stitch

Doing good so far and making steady progress on the Diagonal Box Stitch.  I love the colors, although they're kind of accidental because they're really all I have left of the Vanna yarn.  I have dusty purple and pink, cream, chocolate brown, more green and mustard yellow.

And gee, it's the perfect project to make during 90+ Heat Advisory weather.  >.<

Productive me!

In the past I've gone long stretches of not crocheting.  I've thought of patterns I'd like to do, I'd buy the yarn, and then . . . not get around to it.  This past year or so I've been on it, though, consistently making afghan after afghan.  My wrist isn't exactly thanking me!  LOL

It seems the more I crochet the more I can't stop planning different projects.  I've been working down my accumulated stash of yarn and I'm beginning to worry about what I'm going to do with myself when I go to my shelves of yarn and need more!  Yarn is getting more and more expensive it seems.

I've been working on Attic24's Neat Ripple Pattern and loving it.  I made a rainbow throw for my sister-in-law in May, in twenty-one days.  I loved it so much I'm making a duplicate for myself, swapping out RedHeart Cornmeal for Lemon.

I'm using thirteen shades of Wal-Mart cheapo Red Heart yarn.  I take it to work with me and get quite a bit accomplished.  Then the other day I was looking through patterns on ravelry and stumbled upon this pattern for a Diagonal Box Stitch afghan.  My brain went nuts thinking of different color combos.

I have a stash of Vanna White yarn that's so old it's the 7oz size skeins, in various dusty/autumn colors.  So I figured I'd learn the pattern and test it out using that yarn and OMG I love it!

So I've been working on these two projects the past few days and my hands don't know which they want to do!